The current right wing has been influenced by a number of relatively recent factors. The new right in Holland and to some extent England are being encouraged by free market, libertarian theorists that dominate the American Conservative movement. These right-wingers are pro-business nationalists unlike the traditional conservatives on the continent whose big business socialism is little different from the union socialism of the left.

The new right is also different from the anarchistic activism of the traditional fascists in Europe. They want to govern and they want to reform by limiting government rather than increasing its size. In this sense it is clear that the reaction to European integration, open borders and unhampered immigration have become the hot issues. The European Union seeks to govern by diktat in the name of concensus and is at the apex of swollen system of supra national government.

It remains to be seen if Europe will tolerate the New Right, but current reaction against the trends in the internationalisation of European are entirely understandable.